Things with the house have slowed way down, because what’s to be done now are the technical, tedious, but before we get into that, there are a couple things I forgot to show you. The men from Trinity Lutheran, Midland, Michigan installed the attic access pull down steps.  In our current home, we have no…

Volunteer Crews from Trinity Lutheran Church in Midland, MI work on Bayou Woman’s family house . . . long awaited since the repeated flooding of their home from hurricane storm surge.

or “The Miracle Workers from Midland, Michigan have arrived!” You haven’t heard from me in a while, because I was unable to escape the ills of winter.  I”m still not 100% but I’m so super-dee-duper excited about this group of wonderful folks from up north that I dragged myself out of my sick bed to…

Deep in the wetlands of South Louisiana, people are rebuilding above the flood plain. Read about one bayou family’s journey upward.

It’s been slow going because of intermittent days of rain.  But when the weather is good, these guys really get after it! Here’s where we left off last time, I think . . . Okay, we need another roof truss next . . There we go.  The sky track is lifting the last truss up…

Hybrid means a mixing of unlike parts.  In this case, the mixture is that of wood and metal.  The next few posts about the house will show you how I’m getting that done, with my trusty builder.  And remember, folks, you heard it right here on BW first. This house has been a long time…